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From Nothing Into Something, Sprout City Farms Grows a Thriving Urban School Garden in Denver (Slideshow)
School gardens are becoming more and more popular around the country, but they're harder to establish in some places than in others—in the middle of a city, for example, where the soil is deficient and needs work before it can support growth of
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From Nothing Into Something, Sprout City Farms Grows a Thriving Urban School Garden in Denver
School gardens are becoming more and more popular around the country, but they're harder to establish in some places than in others—in the middle of a city, for example, where the soil is deficient and needs work before it can support growth of plan
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Awesome Time-Lapse Film Turning a Park into a Veggie Garden (Video)
When I wrote about a solar warehouse in Baltimore, I noted that one of its biggest advantages was how visible it was from a nearby highway. A similar point could be made for a new vegetable garden in Bath, England, that
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A Pack Full of Tools for Urban Farmers On the Go
Since the last time I was in San Francisco, little community gardens seem to have multiplied dramatically, popping up in narrow spaces between buildings and formerly garbage-strewn lots. That pattern is being
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Edible Landscaping in Parks to Feed the Homeless
It's always seemed strange to me that most parks grow only ornamental flowers and shrubs. Sure, it's nice to have pretty flowers around, but what if our parks also produced food for those who need it? From sharing
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Nature, Biodiversity And NYC? Wildflower Week and PlaNYC Prove These Go Together In Perfect Harmony
Spring is in the air. Flowers and ideas are blooming in NYC. NYC has a new nature focus. The
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Slow Food's 1,000 Sustainable Gardens for Africa
One thousand gardens are blooming across Africa, where the international group Slow Food is helping schools, villages, and other communities grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs using sustainable water management, pest repellent, and fertilizing techniques.
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Biopesticides, Farm Worker Pensions, School Salad Bars and Farm Camps Win NRDC Awards
Fungi to fight plant pests? Agri-biz says it can't be done. Healthy school lunches? Superintendents claim it's too costly and kids won't eat vegetables. Health insurance and
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With Seven Days of Events, Paris Takes the Lead in Going Green
On Friday, France wrapped up its Week of Sustainable Development - seven days of exhibits, workshops, lectures and tours designed to
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Paris Promotes Natural Parks and Community Gardens In Its Bid To Be An Ever Greener City
Paris just wrapped up its Week of Sustainable Development, a showcase of the City's myriad efforts to promote green thinking, from renewable energy to pedestrian and
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It's April Food Day! That's With a D Not an L
Today is the third annual April Food Day, an initiative launched by a bunch of bloggers as a hunger awareness campaign. It's a worthy way to shift the focus from foolishness
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Police Swoop on 4 and 6 Year Old for Picking Daffodils
Some time back we were surprised when a California man was arrested for stealing waste grease from a dumpster. More recently we've seen a woman handcuffed for taking food from
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Beware Excess Capacity - the Guest Bedroom as Enemy of Sustainability
With the holidays over, many of us are returning from visits with family and friends. And while some of us will have crashed on couches, camped on the floor, or taken over our uncle's
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Sociopolis, the Rurban Housing Project Brings the Campo to the City (Photos)
Inhabiting the Huerta. Photo Credit: Guallart Architects Five years ago, we first heard about Sociopolis, a "shared habitat" in Valencia (Spain). This housing development is to trigger social interaction between inhabitants, propose a new type of
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Is Urban Gardening Getting More Creative? From Vertical Spirals to Lampposts, to Facebook
With empty land at a premium in densely populated urban areas, builders have long reached into the sky to maximize the amount of
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NYC Unveils New Revised Rules on Community Gardens - No Permanent Protection, Yet
The latest chapter in New York City community garden saga has closed, but the story's not finished: The Bloomberg administration has released revised rules on the gardens, after hundreds of people turned up to protest the
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'Empty' Spaces are Full of Life in Berlin -- For Now
In the crowded heart of Istanbul lies a secret garden. Actually, there are probably at least a few, but the one I had the pleasure
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Tell NYC's Mayor Bloomberg You Want a Vegetable Garden at City Hall!
If the White House has one, and the city halls of Baltimore, Portland, and San Francisco have (or had...) them, why
